The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-18
GOSSIP ABOUT THE BOXERS.

Impendins BattIes-KIirain's New Manager
What Kiiraiu Needs for his Coming
Fisht-sullivaa's Way Of Flesrius You.
With the advent Of cool weather pugilism
begins to look up. We have on the tapis the
international championship fight between
jake Kilrain and Jem Smith. the middle weight
championship battle between Jack Dempsey
and Johnny Reagan. the International light
weight championship 60 between Jack Nc
Aulifre and Jem Carney, Ike Weir's impending
bout with Johnny Murphy. Pete Nolan's
matches with Glow and Jim Fell. and the top
sawyer of them all ready for q try with any one
on the most reasonable terms. Surely the boys
who love mill have in the above list's pro-
gramme Of attractiveness rarely seen.
Kilrain and Billy Madden are out, and the
management Of the American champion has
devolved on Charley Mitchell This will be
very unsatisfactory news to those who hoped
to see Jake win with Smith. In an interns-
tional contest 1t would look much better II Kill
rain was looked after BY Americans or Irish
Americans. They would have race pride in
seeing their man win. and would not cafe only
for the amount of "dust" that Is to be made
out OF the fight. Madden has ever been true to
the those ne has End fidelity Is one Of
Sullivan for his match with Paddy Ryan, near
New Orleans, big money was offered to him. to
traitor, and though Sullivan was f little slafy
3 ait q pe5sisiSssn Try. oossinE e PsrPi. Mad
ward admitted that he was satisfied bis i s1s-
picions were unjust to Billy. Kilrain will need
and unless he shows more sense and judgment
and demands that such friends be furnished to
spoon, but with aiade, before the month Of
January is over. He should demand an Amer
baste sha bene
the boom shSt hs can sss Sas q it. Fl Ri%
got Ned MaIshan to ' help JACK * take AXE
81 @ On as s ss
back. i win be Jakes own fault il he does not
win. He Is taller. longer In the reach, heavier,
other hand. he Is older and has had no expert
ring gan II busr
Il Is WHIPPED Is said that h. Wondera His
Sandsprnss and Zip aps Ike eifsas i per
former. II he can, the stories about his being
SLOW, on his feet cannot be true,
self when he meets Jack Dempsey. They say
ha h assrSn IA. sY . have peTn nRPs fl
ehances, and that he was so sick just before he
fought Nike Henry that he was weak and real
under this trouble Is what makes them. feel
confident that he can do the Nonpariel. II
lack has not been hurt severely By his regent
have no 9Sst that ne viii sho
Of In his widest fancles.
Peter Nolan evidently feels that carpenter
BY yh as rhs
ienges He is not a good match maker. how
4 he has sRo h1 E
ind L out, Dom Mscafrrey says ho never s met met
s1 x s1Rd eP Sa bsss4
ful to get better terms with Sullivan II he meets
him, or he will have more sore bones than half
pence BY Christmas.
the effect that the match between Weir and
Johnny Murphy was fxed," and that 1t will
81 SG,S Ihs Is d.
that Dame Rum9r has beer. wrong. Honesty
is the best Of policy IN sporting matters as well
or
thing has been tho one thing that has made
people reposs confidence In him despite all his
failinss IN other respects; ,
that hs hss wonderfully Improved In science Of
late said S me- after hs SH from
hard as gould, and gave him two or three
have fslled bull, but they never faxed him. He
and he Is the eleyerest big man the ring ever
saw. He ducked away from several blows
with Spickness that a aston me. He can
concerts you and breaks your guard. Then
he comes at you like batterlng ram; you got
Il on the }aw. ana down you "a. You can't
yot.